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Hard Choices

Baker & TaylorThe former Secretary of State, senator, and First Lady shares candid reflections about the key moments of her service in the Obama Administration as well as her thoughts about how to navigate the challenges of the twenty-first century.

Simon and Schuster2016 Democratic Nominee for President of the United States

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s inside look at the choices and challenges she has faced is “a subtle, finely calibrated work…with succinct and often shrewd appraisals of the complex web of political, economic, and historical forces in play around the world” (The New York Times).

In the aftermath of her 2008 presidential run, Hillary Rodham Clinton expected to return to the United States Senate. To her surprise, newly elected President Barack Obama asked her to serve in his administration as Secretary of State. “Hard Choices is a richly detailed and compelling chronicle of Clinton’s role in the foreign initiatives and crises that defined the first term of the Obama administration…it teems with small, entertaining details about her interactions with foreign leaders (Los Angeles Times).

Secretary Clinton and President Obama had to decide how to repair fractured alliances, wind down two wars, and address a global financial crisis. Along the way, they grappled with tough dilemmas, especially the decision to send Americans into harm’s way, from Afghanistan to Libya to the hunt for Osama bin Laden. By the end of her tenure, Secretary Clinton had gained a truly global perspective on the major trends reshaping today’s landscape.

In Hard Choices, “a rich and lively narrative” (Entertainment Weekly), Hillary Clinton offers her views on what it will take for the United States to compete and thrive. This “memoir is serious, sober, and substantive” (The New York Times Book Review).

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Hillary lists her accomplishments.
--- She ordered the theft of UN messages and trained 5000 "activists" to destabilize foreign governments. She upholds US bombing because "America was not seeking dominance."
Pakistan's objections to droning its villagers were "temper tantrums".
--- She blames Putin for resisting US control of Ukraine and demolition of Syria. Putin uses our invasions as an excuse for military upgrades. We own the Muslim Near East, but Russia should stay out of Russian-populated Crimea. Russia's demand for payment for its natural gas amounts to blackmail.
--- Hillary claims that she, not Sarkozy, led the campaign against Gaddafi (and thus deserves credit for wrecking Libya and turning it over to terrorists). She still blames a video for the Benghazi disaster. Our slain ambassador was foolish to go there. Hillary was heroic in the crisis.
--- She blames Assad for withstanding US-backed terrorists. His poison gas reserve was a serious threat to America. She ignores our own gas arsenal. Hillary urged Obama to invade Syria, but he refused. She was tougher.
--- She upholds the Saudis, who enslave women, and condemns Assad, who maintains their freedom. She denounces peaceful Iranian nuclear development, but upholds Israel's large nuke hoard. She denounces human rights violations, but supports Israel's oppression of Palestinians. She says Latin America was held back by Soviet meddling -- not by two centuries of US conquest, subversion, and exploitation.
--- She condemns dehumanization, but dehumanizes fetuses.
--- She would protect Black wages by admitting millions of new illegal workers.
--- She supports both religious freedom and forced participation in gay weddings. She filled the State Dept with gays, and pressured Muslim leaders to spread sodomy in their countries. At a meeting, Hillary and Admiral Harris urged Russian officials to have gays in their military; she was offended when the Russians asked if Admiral Harris was gay.
--- She denounces Manning and Snowden. We must steal foreign secrets, while concealing ours. She touts her cyber insight. (Later she would plead ignorance of classified email rules.)
--- Hillary confirms the Clinton family motto: Better to get caught trying than not to try at all.

The hardest choice Hillary ever had to face was what flavor of cake to eat. The good thing about this book however is if you run out of toilet paper you could always use the torn pages from this book....
... But then again you might get symptoms of poison ivy.

Whatta joke. Hillary is a joke and America will be doomed if we elect her. Like come on, do you really wanna elect a Commander and Chief thats under a full on FBI investigation for doing illegal things? Wow, sad. Hillary does one thing really, really good tho. She is a excellent liar.

serob
Feb 02, 2016

Since Mrs. Clinton is a moderate conservative with Wall Street ties and support, I'm surprised at the negative criticism from those in the conservative camp.

JRock15
Dec 14, 2015

Shouldn't this book be a work of fiction?

jrayjedi
Dec 14, 2015

Yeah, real hard choices like whether to let some Americans live or not (Bengazi). Or whether to turn over atomic secrets to Communist China. Or whether to send CLASSIFIED INFO over a private email server. C'mon people!
The hard choice of whether to run for president or not must not have been that hard, because she is obviously running NOW! So much for being satisfied with working at her family's foundation. Who actually thought she would be satisfied with that? HA! Hats off to stargladiator on this one.
I agree with trunk-monkey- a work of fiction is just about everything she says really.